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Lene-8 Patent No. 77,341, dated Apt-M8, 1868.

tumoren ANIMAL-TRAP.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: l

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. WooDSIDE, of Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Animal-Traps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which wilhenable -others .skilled in the art to make and use the same,

-rcfercncc being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.Y

Figure 1 is a rear View of my improved trap. v v Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken through the line :u 1', fig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. My invention has for its ohjectfto furnish an improved self-setting trap, simple in construction, not liablel to get out of order, and effective in operation, instantly killing the animal that springs the trap; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the various parts, as hereinafter more fully described. A is thebase of the trap, which should bemade sudiciently` large and heavy to balance the operating parts of the trap, or to receive a weight to balance said parts. v1? and O are two uprghts, the lower ends of which arcsecurel'y attached to the forward part of the base-board A, and the lower parts of wlrich are connected by or formed solid with the plate' D, having a hole through it of sucient sizeto allow the animalto pass his head through it to reach the bait. E is a shaft, revolving in vbearings in the upper end of the upright, B, and in the upper end of the bent arm F, the lower end of which is attached to the upper part of the said upright, B, as shown in iig. 1. To the outer end of the shaft E is attached a crank, G, for operating the shaft to wind up 4the weightor spring by which the knives are operated.

To inner end ofthe shaft E is attached a crank, H,4to the crank-pin of which is pivoted the upper end of the connecting-rod I, the lower end of which is pivoted to the block'J', which slides up and down upon the slides K, attached to'the inner side of the upright-s Band C. To the lower side of the sliding block J are attached'two or moro knives L, which' work up and down through'holesor slots in the-upper part of 'the plate D, in such positions as to pass through the neck of the animal whose head may be through the hole in said plate trying to get the bait. To the shaft E,.upon the outer side of the upright, B, is attached a cam or singletoothed ratchet-wheel., M. N is the bait-hook, which is rigidly attached toga short horizontal shaft, O, which is placed at the rear side of the low'cr ends of the uprights Band C, P is a crank attached to theend of'the journal of the shai't'O, and to which is pivotedthclower end of the trigger-bar Q, which passes up through' a guide-hole in the arm`F into such a position 'as to catch upon the shoulder of the cam-wheel `M to set the trapi It is a hook or bent lever, which is pivoted to the outer sidel of thc upright, B, in such a position that its hook or short arm may 'catch upon a projection, q, formed upon the upper partiof the barQ, and its long arm may exatendupward into such a position that as the shaft E revolves, the cam M mayfstrike against the'said long arm and push it back, raising the trigger-bar Q, so that the said arm M may catch upon it and again set the trap. S isa weight, to whichis attached one end of the cord T, the other end of which is attached to and wound around, the shaft E, so that as the trigger-bar is withdrawn,the said weight may operate the knives to kill the animal. If desired, motion may be given to the shaftE by a spring attached to and coiled around said shaft. The bait-hook should bc surrounded with a net-work or grating, so that the animal can only'reach the bait by putting his head through' the hole in .the vplate D, and` thus bringing -his neck directly beneath the knives I1. Then, as-the animal pulls upon the hait-and moves the bait-hook, hc withdraws the trigger-bar Q from the cam M of the shaft E, allo-wing the said shaft to revolve, thrusting the knives L down through the neck of. the animal, instantly killing'him. As the shaft E continuesl its revolution, the knives L are so quickly withdrawn that no blood will adhere to them,`and as the cam M comes round to its former position, it strikes the long arm of the bent or hook lever Il., raising the trigger-bar Q into a position to receive the cam M and again.A set 'the trap.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I i 1. The combination of theperforated plate D, knives L, sliding block J, connecting-rod I, crank H, and.

shalft E,' with.eoch other,4 whether said shaft is operated by a. Weight orspring, substntially as herein shown mid `described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The-combination of the bait-hook N, short shaft o, crook P, :md trigger-bar Q, with cach other, :nid with the cam M upon the shaft E, for the purpose of tripping the trap, substantially as herein shown anddcscribed. 3. The combination of the bent or hook lever R with the'enm M and trigger-bar Q, for the purpose nl" setting the trap, substzintally as herein shown and described.

i WM. J. WOODSIDE.'

Witnesses:

GEO. D. GnmoNs, C. SMALSREED. 

